ABSTRACT

Since1978,urbanizationhasmaderapidheadwayinChina.Thedualistic configurationinwhichcitiesandruralareaswereseparatedhasbroken downandaneweraofcoordinatedurban-ruraldevelopmenthasarrived. Chinaisalargeagriculturalcountryinwhichthefarmingpopulationremainspredominanteventoday.IndiscussingChineseurbanization,rural urbanizationisthusanecessarytopic.Astotheroadofruralurbanization, itisstillbeinghotlydebatedintheacademiccommunity.Thisarticlewill exploretheissuewithruralurbanizationinthePearlRiverDeltaasthecase study.